Time is of the essence…

Ragbrai July 24th, 2008

I have some people waiting for me so I don’t have a lot of time to blog.  I guess that means a bullet point post :-)

  • I was a “Ride Right Ambassador” today, which meant basically that I stopped and helped people when they needed it… Kind of fun.  One of those great things about a ride like this.
  • The roads today were horrible for the first half of the ride.  Bumpy and poorly maintined.
  • There were a LOT of hills…it rained…it was cold…My muscles are sore.  All in all, today may indeed be my least favorite Ragbrai day ever (including last year!)
  • The Amana Colonies didn’t provide free water and gouge-priced everything.  They’re no longer on my list of things I like.
  • The scenery today was AWESOME!  One thing about the hills is that they tend to give great views.
  • I ate at a brand-new booth that makes peanut butter and ??? sandwiches.  Cool idea.  This is their first big event.  Mine was Wheat Bread, Peanut Butter, Marshmallow Fluff, Coconot, and Chocolate chips…. mmmmmm. and I had a banana milk — have you ever heard of banana milk?  I haven’t.  It was realy good though
  • I’ve decided that the overnight towns don’t much care for those of us using the baggage service.  They tend to put us far out of the way of the food, booths, and entertainment.  Disappointing!  Shame on them - this is how Ragbrai started
  • I got to listen to a presentation on the Amana Colonies Church and it’s understanding of Christianity. Very intereting.  Maybe I’ll post on it later.

All in all, decent - but not great - day :-)

Hopefully it won’t rain tonight, although the sky is iffy.

Grace and Peace,

  `tim

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